Habitat and Ecology

Habitat and Ecology

This species is found in shallow tropical reef environments, especially intertidal reef flats. S. hystrix is commonly found from 3-15 m, rarely from 1-2 m and deeper from 18-20 m, in the South China Sea and Gulf of Siam. (Titlyanov and Titlyanova 2002). It can form large fields of over 1 m across.